Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it is what I have steadfastly believed.
Thomas Jefferson
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The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon to Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.
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I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion.
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